Winking (Company)

Winking
BVBA
Industry Computer software, Software
Founded Koekelare, West Flanders, Belgium
(1989 (1989))
Founder Gerdi Staelens
Jan Vandenbosch
Headquarters Koekelare, Belgium
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Gerdi Staelens
(Founder & CEO)
Products See products list
Website Winking.be

Winking is a Belgian software company headquartered in Koekelare, West-Vlaanderen that develops software to automate processes, such as the processing of documents. The company was founded by Gerdi Staelens and Jan Vandenbosch in 1989. After the departure of co-founder Vandenbosch in 2001, the CEO position was fully handed over to Gerdi Staelens.

The company operates mainly in the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) region. The company's flagship products are Winkin' (accounting and commercial administration) and Print&Share.

History

Winking was the company that created the first Belgian administrative package, Winkin' 1.0, for Windows 3.0, presented at the Bureau '91 fair (18–25 September 1991).[1] A version for Windows 3.1x was presented in May 1992 with the presence of Microsoft.[2]

In 2001, Winkin' succeeds as first to display an invoice via Smart Tag in Microsoft Word[3] as a Microsoft Benelux smart tag partner.[4]

In 2008 the company was part of an economic business trip together with HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant,[5] where they also visited the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond.

In 2011 the European headquarters of Ricoh made an exclusive distribution agreement with Winking.[6][7]

Ricoh South Africa and Winking signed an exclusive distribution agreement in October 2013.[8]

Products

References

  1. ↑ Willems, Roger (20 September 1991). "WinKing: rabbit injection onder Windows" [Rabbit injection under Windows]. de Weekbode (in Dutch) (West-Vlaanderen).
  2. ↑ "Factureren met een knipoog" [Invoicing with a wink]. Informatika Week Nr 285 (in Dutch). 22 May 1992.
  3. ↑ "MICROSOFT OFFICE XP (archive.org)".
  4. ↑ "Microsoft Benelux Onze SmartTag Partners (archive.org)".
  5. ↑ "Op handelsreis met Prins Filip in 2008". Flandersinvestmentandtrade.be.
  6. ↑ "European press release: Free-up more time for essential business tasks with Print&Share from Ricoh". Ricoh-europe.com.
  7. ↑ "Ricoh Europe exclusive distribution agreement". Winking.be.
  8. ↑ "Ricoh SA and Winking bvba bring Print&Share to South Africa". Africaprint.com.

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